The LEEWARD ISLANDS
Notes for Philatelists
SECOND EDITION
Corrigenda and Addenda
Revised and Expanded
The Issued Stamps
By Peter Brooks, Oct 2012
Amendments and additions in italics
p.45
Plate Numbers
Second Paragraph add ‘The 1951 printing was the only King George VI printing perforated in
this way. Some sheets of the 1949 printing with normal perforated top selvedge have the
bottom margin part perforated.
p.49
Last paragraph. Delete 3rd and 4th sentences. Substitute: From known flaws the 1/4d, 2d, 3d
and 1/- plates must have been increased to 120 set in 1912 and the 2/6 and 5/- probably at
the same time.
P. 65 1/4d Line 1. Delete ‘about 1914’ substitute ‘in 1912’
Line 7. Delete ‘it is thought that’
Line 9. After 60 set, ‘from the reconstructed left pane’
1d Line 1. Delete ‘after making ................. in late 1902. This’
21/2d Line 2 Delete ‘and first used in July 1926 ...... other plates’. Substitute ‘first used in August
1923
for the 21/2d amber’.
3d Delete final sentence. Substitute ‘It was first used for the August 1923 plate 10 in blue. It
remained in use until 1952.’
N.B. The new duty plates for the 21/2d, 3d and 6d were used for plate 10 printings without a marginal
rule. Of these three new duty plates only the 6d had been used previously for the Barbuda
overprints when It had a marginal rule. All later printings from these plates had a marginal rule..
P.66 6d Line 2. After March 1912 add ‘when it was increased to 120 set’
Line 3. After ‘a marginal rule’ add ‘although Plate 10 copies exist without a duty plate
marginal rule’
p.67
Table 4.2 First column (after Duty column) delete ‘First’ in heading.
Second column delete completely.
Third column 1/4d 1912 2d remove brackets 1/- 1912
Fourth column Substitute Second for First in heading.
Sixth column Substitute Third for Second in heading.
Flaws
Add new paragraph
‘As well as shade and perforation variations and the different plate numbers, key and duty
plate flaws also enable most sheets, many blocks and some single stamps to be allocated to
the correct printing. Their presence, absence, repair or deterioration are important for this
purpose.’
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p.68
Line 3. Delete the sentence ‘Some were repaired ....... occurred’
Substitute ‘Some were repaired after one or two printings but others continued over
a long period. Flaws sometimes occurred during a printing and one or two were
repaired during a printing. Occasionally a flaw may have been repaired during the
printing when the damage occurred.
Table 4.3
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/4d Column D Amend 6/1L (2) & (3) N.B. On 6/1L dent is to the left of ¼. Add 1/1L 23 & 26
10/1 L & R 28
1d 7/3L (3) A and C columns are the same stamp and together make the catalogue listed
‘DI’ flaw.
4d Column A 10 & 11
6d 5 & 8 in column B
1/- Add 2/1L and 4/1R in column D and 23 – 28 & (1). Column B 9/6R is not like B (see
illustration D92e on page 268).
On the 1/- duty plate 5/4R and 7/3R have chamfered ‘D’s similar to A but normal ‘I’s.
They are sometimes offered as the ‘DI’ flaw. The ‘I’ of the ‘DI’ flaw is always chamfered.
p.69 1921-1940. Alter ‘The 1/4d, 1/2d, 1d & 1/- plates were exceptions.’
1949-1956 Delete sentence. Substitute ‘Most major flaws repaired but new flaws occurred until
the end of the King George VI period. A new set of duty plates in 100 set were
produced in 1954 for Queen Elizabeth stamps. A few minor flaws are recorded.’
p.71
p.75.
Line 19. Delete ‘almost certainly’
Line 20 Delete ‘most probably .............. the colony’
Substitute ‘present on Reqns. 960/1 and 965/1’
Line 24. 1938 -1948
Flaw E
Delete ‘on one or both of the King Edward 1902 printings’
Substitute ‘on all King Edward printings’
p.76
Line 29 (although it is more likely that the 1912 21/2d duty plate was entirely new.)
Line 34 Delete ‘The 1s ‘dropped R’ ........ scarce flaw’
Substitute ‘The 1s ‘dropped R’ is present on Plates 1 & 2
p.78
Line 6. ‘Stamp 1/3 Left Pane’
King George V, 1912 – 20
Delete second paragraph.
Substitute ‘All duty plates were increased to 120 set before the first printings were
made. The original 60 set plates became the left pane on some values (e.g. 1/4d
1/2d and 1d) and the right pane on others (e.g. 2d and 1/-). The new right or left
panes were made up from sets of 12. The evidence suggests the 21/2d was probably
an entirely new plate.
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/2d Flaw G (p.262) on 2/2L was poorly repaired before the last printing in 1949
1d Delete First two sentences.
Substitute. Flaw H, (p.262) dot in ‘W’ and scar on adjoining ‘A’, is constant from at
least a Plate 16 printing until the first King George VI printing (2/3L)
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p.79.
2d The bent ‘L’ D54b. This flaw or a very similar flaw continues at 3/4L until the duty plate
was replaced in late 1943. The illustration D85d on p.268 shows the upright of the L
sloping the wrong way. (see p.83 2d)
p.80
p.81
First horizontal column 1010 should be 10
Notes column
Box 8 21/2d, 3d and 6d, new DP.
Box 10 Delete 3d, new DP.
Box 16 Delete 21/2d, new DP.
p.82
6d Delete ‘(less than 10 examples to date)’
Last sentence amend ‘The sliced ‘RD’ (flaw J p262) is a constant flaw known on key
plates 5 and 8.
p.83
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/4d Last sentence Delete ‘it is now thought that’. Add ‘reconstructed’ before ‘left pane’
1d Delete the Plate 23
Substitute at least a Plate 16
Delete second sentence
21/2d Delete ‘and the new duty plate’.
p.84
3d Delete ‘and the first printing from the new duty plate’.
4d Delete second sentence.
Substitute ‘The broken ‘D’ flaw is known on the first three printings of the 4d and may
never have been corrected’
Alter 1 s The ‘DI’ flaw is first known...........
2s6d Delete ‘and no example of Plate 16 ......... a year later’
p.86
The table of issues is incomplete (see Table 4.10 p.90)
Delete Paragraph 4
Substitute. ‘Hand-painted repairs are known on all duties except the 1/2d, 21/2d, 2/- & £1.
They are readily identified when the colours do not match or by comparison with
an unrepaired flaw. Where colours do match they may not be obvious.
Kd Delete paragraph
Substitute. Plate 2 (9/3L) solid top left rosette with reworked frame lines above is present
on all printings from Reqn. 976/1 until the Plate was withdrawn. The flaw is the result of a
repair to major damage on the Plate (see the ‘Broken frame’ flaw on the
November 1942 printing of Mauritius. This flaw was repaired immediately.)
p.87
Ke These breaks and many similar on the 1938 Plate 1 1d are not the result of damage to the
Plate – hence their absence on other duties. The ink of this printing was very susceptible
to any weakness on the plate and the printing was consequently poor.
Line 6 should be? ‘A break in top outer frame line on Plate 2 (6/4L) is known but only on the
1945 1d (Reqn 1006/1)
1d Delete second and third sentences
Substitute. The clipped first ‘L’ (D80a) is present from at least a Plate 8 printing. Flaw H
(dot in W) continues on the 1938 printing on 2/3L.
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The table of the ‘DI’ flaw should be amended.
Reqn. 1046/1 Dent only (vermilion scarlet)
1080/1 Both flaws (scarlet)
1117/2 and 1117/3 Both flaws (red)
1117/1 First Batch Both flaws (green)
1117/1 Second Batch ‘DI’ repaired. Dent only
1148/2 Both flaws repaired
Bottom line Flaw K an oddity often found to varying degrees on more than one value.
p.88
p.90
p.90
2d Delete 2nd & 3rd paragraphs
Substitute The duty plate was damaged prior to the King George VI printings and the plate
continued to deteriorate. There are numerous duty and key plate flaws several of which
were touched up by hand-painting on the June 1942 (Reqn 963/1) and August 1943 (Reqn
976/1) printings. The printing in between (Reqn 965/1) is in a very pale grey and all flaws
show up well because of the weakness of the printing. Strangely no hand-painting is known
on this easily distinguished printing. Flaws D85bd, bf & bh, and many others, were repaired
by hand-painting.
4th paragraph line 1 Delete ‘had no’
Substitute ‘had a few minor flaws’
21/2d Delete first sentence.
Delete third sentence.
Substitute Flaws D87a and D87b (the faulty ‘W’ referred to in Fig. 4.4) were both
repaired with several other 21/2d duty plate flaws after the November 1942 printing
(Reqn 965/1)
1/- Amend and add
‘There were ten requisitions, the last two in 1951 being printed together. They can be
identified when the plate number is present:1080/1 – Plate 3, DP2 double MR black and black on blue green.
1117/1 – Plate 3, DP2 double MR black and black on green.
(1248/1) – Plate 3, DP2 double MR black on black. Top margin imperforate.
(1265/1) – and bottom margin perforated.
Table 4/10
In horizontal column 965/1 delete 344 under 6d
Add new horizontal column below.
965/1 Sep 42 3 and 344 under 6d
(The 6d of this Reqn was printed from Plate 3 and possibly some from Plate 2).
p.91 First paragraph line 1 Delete first sentence
line 3. Delete sentence ‘Listed as the 1s ‘DI’ flaw .........not truncated’
5/- First paragraph Delete first sentence.
Second paragraph. Line 2 Add ‘in 1951 which has the top margin imperforate and the bottom
margin perforated as on all values from this requisition. Also, Delete ‘or during’
p.97
Table 4.13
The number of rolls in the last two horizontal columns have been transposed.
976/1 12 – 24
984/1 48 – 96
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p. 258 The Definitive Stamp Issues
Queen Victoria
D2b KP 2 & 3 Delete 1900
p. 260 Illustrations D1b and D12b
D2a QV – 1911
D2b QV – KGV 1912
D18a KP 1 and 2
D43ag KP 1 – 10 (Plate 10 Barbuda only)
p. 261
King Edward VII
1904 – 1908
1907 – 1911
It should be noted that the flaws on the 1d D13a and b and D2a (The variable Feint first ‘L’
(4/6)) continue throughout the King’s reign.
p.262
Illustrations D47df A similar flaw is known with the bent first ‘L’ but with the value tablet
damaged at the top left.
D47ae KP 1 - 8
D50ab 1931-58
E 10/1 QV – KEVII
I 21/2d flaw 2/5RP KGV
L 3d flaw 10/6RP KGVI
p. 263
King George V
September 1912
Add D40x ‘Small final ‘s’ 8/5L (1912 – 14)
p.264
Add D47de Sliced ‘AR’
p.265
October 1921 – 28
D50 x under red Broken ‘N’ (7/6R)
D51 x under violet “
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D51 ax under pale violet “ “ “
D63 ab Base of ‘DI’ (B) (9/6R)
D63 ad 2/1L, 2/4R and 4/1R
p.266
November 1931 - 1932
D76 b Base of ‘DI’ (B)
D76 d Dent 2/1L 2/4R and 4/1R
King George VI
D77a Add Kd Solid rosette (9/3L) 1943
Add d Dent in tablet (6/1L)
D77b Add d Dent in tablet
D78
Amend Roll join 1938, 43 and 44
D81
Alter
Amend
D81b Alter
Add e
1941 to 1940
d Roll join 1940
May 1944 to November 1942
1947
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Add g Roll join 1943 and 44
D85a Add
August 1942
Add d and damage to tablet
N.B. The illustration on the facing page is wrong. The upright of the ‘L’ slopes to the
RIGHT (not left)
Add f Short ‘I’ (9/2R)
Add h Dented tablet (10/6R)
D87 Amend a 1938-42
Amend b 1942 (KP 2 and 3)
D91a Add
Kd Solid rosette (1943)
D91c
Sliced first ’L’ – not all sheets
D91d Delete c Sliced first ‘L’
D92 Add
c Short ‘I’ (C) 1/4R and 3/1R
g Dent in tablet (D) 2/1L and 4/1R
Add 92x
Greyish black and black March 1942 (KP3) Ordinary paper
d Base of ‘D’ (1/6R)
D93
Add a Base of ‘SL’ (1/5R)
D93a Add
a Base of ‘SL’
D94
Add ca Hand-painted repair (3/5L)
D94a Delete c Hand-painted repair (3/5L)
Substitute c Plate repair Deformed ‘E’ of ‘FIVE’ (3/5L)
p.274
Sexagenary issue
C2 1d c Small final ‘s’ (8/5)
p.268
The illustrations D85d should show the upright of the ‘L’ leaning to the right and D92d should
not show a chamfered ‘I’
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